Well, figured I would update this.
Back in April I was in a car accident that unfortunately totaled my 08 Alpha, everyone was ok, no airbag deployment.
Fast forward to the end of June, a 2009 H3 alpha with 28k miles and adventure package popped up online in Oklahoma city. I had been checking the listings almost daily and more than once almost bought one with higher miles. Had originally thought about purchasing the H3T that solidusj bought but circumstance prevented that from occuring. Anyway pictures from the salesman looked good, flew out to check it out and purchased the vehicle(these guys knew nothing about hummers lol)
Mechanically speaking it is sound, drove it the 800 miles home with no problems and has no rust whatsoever, which was the big selling point for me. Forgot how peppy the alpha was with stock tires lol
A couple of things that need to be remedied are
1. Power mirrors don't work, i think its the switch, new one is in the mail.
2. Dome lights don't work, all 3 sets don't light up. Bulbs are good. Going to test the wires to make sure power is going to them. Not sure what fuse that circuit is on, I think it's fuse 56, so ill check that eventually ( if anyone has any thoughts please chime in)
3. Chrome side paneling has to go, throws the look of the H3 off
4. This thing still has factory dueler tires, currently leaning towards cooper discoverer MTP in 35's
5. The rear door panels had clearly been taken off and reinstalled at some point and a couple of the push pins are bent and not seated properly, ill have to reinstall them correctly.
6. Someone cable locked the spare to the vehicle so out come the bolt cutters to remove that.
7. Hood release is finnicky, cable probably needs to be adjusted slightly.
As far as mods go;
-Found a new set of trail duty extended bump stops on craigslist, which ill put on after I level her.
-Gobi rack will get reinstalled and so will the lights, just need to get a new set of brackets for the rack and ladder
-Already installed an isimple gateway for the radio
-ill eventually get to having the grill painted white to match the body
-thorparts gen II bumper.
-sliders
-ucp-still have the transmission skid from my old h3, but not the t-case, so ill be looking for one of those.
-eventually re-gear to 4.56
Couple things I like about this one that my old H3 didn't have are having dome lights in the front by the sunroof control...when it works haha. Also has a back up camera which is nice.
EDIT: The cowl right below the windshield where the wipers are is black on my H3, looks like it was replaced at some point, possibly due to a windshield replacement where it broke during removal, who knows. Anyway ordered a replacement cowl with end caps from a wreck that came off of a 2007. I will probably use the additional end caps to do a cooling mod that recon had done, drilling out the holes to allow for more airflow out of the engine bay.
